pui
Aragonese
Etymology
Apocopated form of pueyo, from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion).
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch poye, from Old French poie, from Latin podia, plural of podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of podium.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
pui f (plural puien, diminutive puitje n) (architecture)
Derived terms
- binnenpui
- glaspui
- schuifpui
- winkelpui
Further reading
pui on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ui
Verb
pui
- inflection of puida:
- third-person singular present/past indicative
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Old French
Noun
pui oblique singular, m (oblique plural puis, nominative singular puis, nominative plural pui)
- well (structure from which water can be drawn)
Descendants
- French: puits
Portuguese
Verb
pui
- inflection of puir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [puj]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin pullus, probably through a Vulgar Latin root *pulleus, or alternatively formed from the plural of an original Romanian form *pul. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Compare Spanish pollo and Italian pollo.
Noun
pui m (plural pui)
Declension
Related terms
Descendants
- →? Hungarian: pulya
See also
Sarasira
References
- Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71
Tho
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *t-puːj, cognate with Vietnamese vui, Muong pui.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puːj¹/